drop zone
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- noun
- /drɑp zoʊn/
- Specialized
:
zona de lanzamiento
- The soldiers prepared their supplies for the drop at the drop zone.
- drop zone clear
- hit the right drop zone
- shot from the drop zone
Examples
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We're approaching the drop zone.
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The red light came on in the plane to let the jumpmaster know that we were approaching the drop zone.
Blog text (25) -
Think you can get us back to that drop zone, boy?
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We're not in the drop zone yet.
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We're over the drop zone.
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Car will be here in an hour to take you to the drop zone.
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We're entering the drop zone!
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The drop zone is clear, repeat, the drop zone is clear, over.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sir, Raider One is at the drop zone.
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Mister Jenson, I need you to get your team out of the drop zone.
Synonyms
An area where aircraft drop supplies or people to support soldiers on the ground
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an area where you drop items' is directly and transparently derived from 'drop' (to release/place something) + 'zone' (an area set aside for a use). This noun-compound formation is a straightforward compositional pattern found across languages and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the two constituent words.
Etymology
Drop zone comes from air drops, where planes made a drop of people or supplies into a marked zone on the ground, so you can picture parachutes landing in one clear place. That's why today drop zone means the place where troops or supplies are dropped from the air.